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Is there not impending legal action against Norton on this issue right now?

This World is Not My HomeWe're gonna go inside, we're gonna go outside, inside and outside. . . And then we're gonna go go go and we're not gonna stop til we get across that goalline! Quotes from the movie Rudy, 1993

Expect a lot more norton equipped visitors in the near future. An office superstore's ad in my city is 'almost' giving away Firwall+Antivirus 2004.
"save $70 after rebates"
Or maybe they Are'nt selling.

As far as Norton, i'm not sure whether it's an actual threat or just a perceived one.

I think ad blocking should be off by default, maybe there is some middle ground the networks or somebody can work out with them to get ad blocking off by default. Probably not.
People don't mind text links or banner ads, they hate:
1. Pop-up advertising
2. Bandwidth hogging rich media ads.
3. Ads where there is movement.

I want to see some actual numbers, what percentage of online shoppers roll around the internet with ad blocking on. I can't imagine people like looking at jacked up pages, but that's just me. Norton also affects non-affiliate sites. Having been doing this for over 2 years with thousands of people visiting my sites everyday, i've only had 2 emails about it. Also don't think the people that would go to a site like mine would have it on, would make my site unusable.

That's amazing. I like the idea of alerting a visitor rather than blocking the blocking software. I get several emails each week from visitors who don't understand why they can't see product links on my sites.

quote:Originally posted by simey:
Expect a lot more norton equipped visitors in the near future. An office superstore's ad in my city is 'almost' giving away Firwall+Antivirus 2004.

As I recall, Norton only gives away the first x months of service for free...After the free period they barage the end user with notes to buy and upgrade. I am not sure, but I suspect that the computer manufactures get a cut of the sale when the end user takes the bait.

In other words, they are being every bit as (if not more) slimy in their marketing the web sites they disparage for showing ads on their web pages.